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Comment: Direct payments to U.S. farmers may dry up under Biden administration
The president-elect seems lukewarm at best towards strings-free payments to farmers

Comment: Wheat market looks beyond record stocks
U.S. and Russian crop woes are causing wheat prices to rally despite expected stockpiles

Comment: China making good on Phase 1 trade deal
U.S. farm exports to China hit new August record thanks to soybeans

Comment: Interpreting bin-busting yield outlooks for the U.S. corn crop
Lower acres look to be offset by higher production in much of the Corn Belt

China’s U.S. soy bookings hit six-year highs
Average sales seen to other destinations

Comment: U.S. soy exports to China at 16-year lows so far in 2020
With prices very competitive however, lofty total-year sales forecasts may still be attainable

Fading U.S. soybean exports threaten to expand stockpiles
There’s little sign China will be an enthusiastic buyer in the coming months

Comment: U.S. farmers ramp up corn, soybean acres
The trend comes amid historically low futures prices

Weak currency supports Brazilian selling
The weak real is seeing real returns for Brazilian growers rising as markets fall

U.S. corn exports falter, soybean business could meet same fate
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